the most holy trinity may 26, 2013 - St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
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the most holy trinity may 26, 2013 - St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY MAY 26, 2013 Olive Wood Carvings on Sale Next Weekend 2560 Tilson Road Decatur, GA 30032 Main: 404-241-5862 Fax: 404-241-5839 Price Hall : 404-241-1795 Website: www.stspandp.com Hand carved olive wood from the Holy Land of Bethlehem will be on sale in the narthex after the Masses the first weekend of June. Nativity scenes, crucifixes, rosaries, Christmas ornaments, religious figures. Income of the sales go to support the Christian wood carvers of Bethlehem. You may view these beautiful items online at www.holylandcarvings.com 2013 Eucharistic Congress Archbishop Gregory invites you to join him and Catholics from across the Archdiocese to gather for this year’s Eucharistic Congress at the Georgia International Convention Center May 31st and June 1st. In this Year of Faith with the Blessed Mother as our model of faith personified, the theme of the 2013 Eucharistic Congress comes from the Gospel of John 2:25: “Do Whatever He Tells You.” We take this opportunity to reconnect with friends, spend quiet time in prayer and listen to dynamic speakers such as Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, Dr. Scott Hahn, Marcellino D’Ambrosio, and Dr. Elizabeth Lev. St. Elizabeth Brunch Dates to Remember June 16-Man of the Year Announcement June 16-Baccalaureate Mass June 22-Welcome Ministers’ Cookout June 30-Parish Picnic July 13-Baptism Class Aug. 24/25-Sunday School Registration Sept. 8-Sunday School Begins Sept. 21-Women’s Council Gen. Mtg. Sept. 21/22-Meet & Greet Sept. 27-29-Women’s Retreat Oct. 5-Lectors’ Workshop Oct. 12-Welcome Ministers’ Workshop Come have a spot of tea. St. Elizabeth Circle’s brunch with a twist. Help us celebrate our “Faith, Freedom, & God’s Graces” on Saturday, June 8th at 10:00AM-12:00 noon in Price Hall. Guest Speaker: Fr. Roy Lee. Donation: $10. 2013 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal Update Parish Goal: $48,130 Total Committed: $56,909 Amount Pledged: $35,097 Amount Paid: $21,812 (As of May 17, 2013) If you have questions about your pledge, please contact the Stewardship Office at (404) 920-7600 or [email protected]. Like us on facebook http://www.facebook.com/stspandp Parish calendar on website. Click on Events, then Calendar. Parish Office (404) 241-5862 Fax (404) 241-5839 Sacramental Emergencies only (678) 561-3676 Clergy Rev. Bryan D. Small, Pastor, ext. 102 [email protected] Rev. Mr. Alfred Mitchell, Deacon [email protected] Rev. Mr. Jerry M. Lett, Deacon [email protected] Rev. Mr. Augustin Pierre-Louis, Deacon [email protected] Rev. Mr. James Anderson, Jr., Deacon Parish Staff Gloria George-Patrick, ext. 103 Religious Ed. Director [email protected] Ron Whalen, ext. 105 Business Manager [email protected] Marie Fujioka, ext. 100 Administrative Assistant [email protected] William Hutson May 26, 2013 The Most Holy Trinity Monday, 27th 8:30AM Communion Service Wednesday, 29th 6:30PM Mother’s Day Novena Friday, 31st 8:30AM Mother’s Day Novena Saturday, 1st 8:30AM 4:30PM Confessions 5:00PM For the people of Sts. Peter and Paul Sunday 2nd 8:30AM Ira H. Driskell, d’csd 11:30AM Myrtis Taylor, d’csd. 1:30PM Renanve Romelus, d’csd. & all souls in purgatory This Coming Week Monday, 27th Memorial Day Parish Office Closed No Women of Faith today Novena 7:00PM-Chapel Wednesday, 29th Bible Study 10:30AM-Parish Office (C) Choir Rehearsal 6:00PM-Church Grief Support Group 7:15PM-Religious Ed. Room Thursday, 30th Haitian Rehearsal 7:00PM-Church Friday, 31st Adoration 9:00-10:00AM-Chapel Saturday, 1st Outreach 9:45-11:00AM Youth Core Team 10:00AM-Parish Office (M) IT Committee 10:00AM-Parish Office (C) Holy Land Carvers Sale after Mass-Narthex St. Elizabeth Circle 6:30PM-Parish Office (C) Sunday, 2nd Holy Land Carvers Sale after Masses-Narthex St. Elizabeth Circle Coffee & Donuts 10:00AM-Price Hall Jr. Daughters 1:00PM-Parish Office (C) Jr. Knights 1:00PM-Parish Office (M) Baccalaureate Mass To honor our high school and college graduates, we will hold a Baccalaureate Mass on Sunday, June 16th at 11:30AM. Wear your caps & gowns (optional). Please sign-up on the graduate recognition board in the narthex. Evangelization Workshop Saturday, June 22nd, St. Pius X Catholic Church in Conyers is hosting an Evangelization Workshop on helping parish leaders to reach out and invite their parishioners to become active in the practice of their faith. Fr. Frank DeSiano, CSP Paulist, President of the Paulist Evangelization Ministries, will personally lead the workshop. Time: 9:30AM-3:00PM. Registration: $12 per person & includes lunch. RSVP required: [email protected] or contact St. Pius X Church at (770) 483-3660. The church is located at 2621 Highway 20 SE, Conyers 30013. Maintenance Haitian Community, ext. 305 Stewardship-A Disciple’s Response May 19th $7,642.88 Children’s Offertory $289.35 Building Fund $4,727.33 Pennies from Heaven $12.92 The Bible says God called the world He had created good and he gave man dominion over it. God still calls us to exercise dominion over the earth– by exercising restraint in our buying habits… by being vigilant in our recycling habits… by exercising judgment in our disposal habits. When we do, God calls it stewardship. Readings for the Week Monday, 27th St. Augustine of Canterbury Sir 17:20-24 Ps 32:1-2,5-7 Mk 10:17-27 Tuesday, 28th Sir 35:1-12 Ps 50:5-8,14,23 Mk 10:28-31 Wednesday, 29th Sir 36:1,4-5a,10-17 Ps 79:8-9,11,13 Mk 10:32-45 Thursday, 30th Sir 42:15-25 Ps 33:2-9 Mk 10:46-52 Friday, 31st The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Zep 3:14-18a (Ps) Is 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6 Lk 1:39-56 Saturday, 1st St. Justin Sir 51:12cd-20 Ps 19:8-11 Mk 11:27-33 Sunday, 2nd The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Gn 14:18-20 Ps 110:1-4 1 Cor 11:23-26 Lk 9:11b-17 PRAYER FOR THE SICK “Wiggles & Wisdom” Please pray for the sick of our parish and those who have asked for our prayers, especially: Bill Allen, Porscha Bryant, Jerome & Lula Bullard, Ephraim Burrell, Jacob Cautter, Jean Leslie Charles, Marie Colbert, Stephanie Cooper, Ida Cruse, Phyllis Daniel, Michael Dash, Patricia Davis, Jean Driskell, Christine Edwards, Mary Flournoy, Terresa & Joseph Ford, Elaine Galbreath, Michelle Giles, Sharon Giles, Yohannes Hamido, Henry Hans Sr., Laura Hassell, Willie Hugley, Brittany Ivory-Brown, Joseph Mario Jean -Louis, Rosemary Jean-Louis, Benjamin Jean-Mardy, Yvonne Kage, Dot Lewis, Andrea Lys, Rita Maag, Beverly Maxwell, Elsa McBean, Barbara McElrath, Dianna Menefield, Myeshia Moore, Ronald Pierre, Grace Powers, William O’Neal, Lynette Reid, Charles & Emma Reynolds, Lamercie Sanon, Audrey Shirley, John Sylvester, Tiffany Tidies, Roland Woods, Donald & Robbie Wright, Sharon Wyatt Please help us to keep our prayer list updated by adding or removing names. Sacramental Schedule Altar Servers’ Schedule For 6/1-2/13 5:00PM Mass John Brown Anthony Ogbonna 8:30AM Mass Damian Ekpoudom Payton Griffin Christopher Johnson 11:30AM Mass Wilcox “DJ” Dumay Eric Swain, Jr. Jordan Williams 1:30PM Mass Jonathan Chery Fadlyna Jean-Francois Sophia Academy presents “Wiggles & Wisdom” training where preschool teachers can learn how to make wise choices in the classroom while making learning fun for the little ones! And earn 4 BFTS credits. “Wiggles & Wisdom” will be held August 21st, 8:30AM1:30PM at Sophia Academy, 2880 Dresden Drive, Atlanta 30341. Directors, please sign up your teachers as a group, if possible, by July 1st. Registration fee: $35 before July 1st, $40 after that date. Contact Sophia Academy at [email protected]. Sophia Academy is a Marist-sponsored school seeking Catholic status. Catholic Engaged Encounter of Atlanta Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE) is an international marriage preparation program which gives engaged couples the ‘gift of time’ in the form of an entire weekend together to discuss their relationship with God, each other, and the community at large. The retreat weekends are presented by a team of two married couples and a priest or deacon. The cost of the retreat weekend varies by location, but the contents are identical. For more information and to register for a weekend, please visit our website www.atlcee.org. This program is endorsed by the Archdiocese of Atlanta and satisfies the Archdiocesan requirement for marriage preparation. Notes from The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia Plan before you travel this summer. That includes making sure you have a will or that your will is up to date. Now you can plan your will online at our website: www.cfngalegacy.org. This is not creating your will, but it will produce a document that you can take to your attorney to finalize your will. When thinking about your family, consider how the parish is part of your family as it was the first place you were taken after birth to be baptized. You grew up in the parish receiving the other sacraments. Your social life many times is in the parish and the last place you will be before your burial will be the funeral mass for you. So the parish is very much part of your family. In this case, when planning your will, please consider including the parish endowment fund in your will. You can leave money, a percent of your estate, an asset(s), or the remainder of your estate to the parish endowment fund. For more information on how to do this, please contact Diane Duquette at [email protected] or (404) 497-9440. Eucharistic Ministers’ Training There will be a training session for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion on Saturday, June 29th, 9:15AM-12:00 noon in the church. This training is required for all those ministers whose certificates have expired or will expire this year. You may find out what your status is by contacting Deacon Mitchell or Linda Giles at [email protected]. Haitian Corner Fête de la Sainte Trinité En ce dimanche, nous célébrons la fête de la Sainte Trinité. C'est le mystère d'un seul Dieu en trois personnes, le Père, le Fils et le Saint Esprit, Dieu qui est amour. C'est de cet amour de Dieu que nous nous souvenons chaque fois que nous faisons le signe de la croix. Tous nos pauvres mots sont bien incapables de cerner ce mystère de Dieu car il nous dépasse infiniment. Il sera toujours au-delà de tout ce que nous pourrons en dire. Et pourtant toute la Bible témoigne de cet effort permanent pour parler de Dieu. La figure de la Sagesse (1ère lecture) nous suggère que Dieu veut se faire connaître à nous. Elle est présentée comme assurant le lien entre le ciel et la terre. C'est une manière de dire que le Seigneur communique avec nous pour notre bonheur. Il est toujours possible de parler de Dieu car il entre en alliance avec nous pour nous sauver. Voilà donc une approche bien limitée du mystère de la Sainte Trinité. Je dirai que c'est un peu comme les vitraux d'une cathédrale : vus de l'extérieur, ils sont bien gris. Pour voir leur éblouissante lumière, il faut entrer, il faut franchir la porte. C'est alors que nous découvrons la merveille insoupçonnable. C'est ainsi que Dieu nous révèle les merveilles de son amour. Il nous ouvre la porte de son cœur pour nous les partager de l'intérieur. Mais rien n'est possible si nous ne plongeons pas dans cet océan d'amour qui est en Dieu. C'est de cela que nous avons à témoigner dans le monde d'aujourd'hui. Nous avons à lui dire que Dieu l'aime et qu'il nous appelle tous à revenir vers lui. C'est en vue de cette mission que Jésus nous envoie l'Esprit Saint, pour qu'il nous conduise vers la Vérité tout entière. L'important, ce n'est pas d'avoir de grandes qualités intellectuelles, c'est d'être rempli de l'amour de Dieu et de vouloir le communiquer aux autres. Tout commence par le temps où nous venons puiser à la source dans la prière, l'écoute de la Parole Dieu et surtout l'Eucharistie. C'est à ce prix que nous pourrons être l'Eglise de la Pentecôte. Bonne fête trinité